Yesterday

Howdee all,

Yesterday morning, i joined Jeff, Bella and Dad for a walk at Pfizer field. On our way Dad stopped at the lake so I could grab a few photos of the mist rising from the water.
While there,I spotted a flock of Golden crowned Kinglets foraging in the pines. I had great close up views of these sweet golden headed tidbits of a bird. Fun!

In the afternoon Jeff and I joined Sicksta Tink for a Bluff Point walk. Always a great walk there!

When I saw this rock I immediately thought..
OWL..
I guess its a stretch..:)

Two nice walks...

I still have some photos I want to share from Sundays walk to Lantern Hill. Just haven't gone thru all my photos.

These photos and post were all taken and posted via my iPod.

A reader mentioned yesterday, that they couldn't click on any of the photos to enlarge them.. I am not sure how to do that with the blogging app I am using. I will check into it.

I am not sure these photos would be worth seeing larger anyway.
They are all iPod photos with limited pixels.

Sneak preview

Howdee all,
I am using Blogger+ for iPod Touch to post this little preview of our hike today.
Lantern Hill

We had a nice hike- I took these two photos with my iPod touch.

I will share a few more pics that I took with my baby camera soon.
I am enjoying the flexibility of this blogging app. Cool!

Groovy

Howdee all,
In case you missed my far out photos I posted on Facebook.
Check these out-

I used photos I took several years ago. I then imported them into the Photo Tropedelic app for iPhone adjusted a few settings and produced a few fun photos. Download it and give it a try yourself.

My Sicksta and her Hunny
Groovy Love

Jeff and I are in CT for a few more weeks- we then head south to NC to visit Sicksta and Craigy for a month.
Where did the summer go?

It's getting cold here in CT. Had to put the fleece sheets on the bed.
Time to head south!

Blogger Plus for iPod touch/phone

Howdee all,

Testing another blogging app.

This afternoon Sicksta Tink and I went to Bluff point for a walk.

It was very windy, the gulls were feeding on the rough surf.

We both had fun taking photos on our iPods with our favorite HDR app.

This app for blogging *Blogger plus* is 99 cents. So far I like it much better than the previous app I used.
Now to post this and see how it looks.

Blogging via iPod touch

Howdee all,
I just downloaded the Blogger app and am testing it out. I have no clue as to how this will look when published.

There doesn't seem to be any way view this post before sending it out to publish.

I also see no way to place photos where I want them. No way to change fonts or anything else.

Anyone else using an app to blog.

So here it goes- will check it out on my blog now.

All photos taken with iPod touch

Birding and Chatting~ BwBTC~Wilton, CT

Howdee all,

Saturday was our BwBTC Outing to Wilton, CT

~Birders who Blog Tweet and Chirp~

(BwBTC=A crazy, fun group of Bloggers that also love to Bird)

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It was a lovely morning~we met at 7:30 am

  Allen Meadows…

one of Luke Tillers local haunts.

The place was full of Sparrows…

And us…

Are those distant birds?

Nope..Birders… :)

I have to say..I did so much chatting…I didn’t photograph many birds.

Not that I would have captured much with my small lens~there were some mighty big Camera lenses being used. Looking forward to everyone else's bird shots.

I will show you this very lousy photo of a Chickadee taken with my baby camera… I just saw one Christopher took of the same bird… His is Awesome!

I did get this amazing photo of a Yellow Chatty Bird

In honor of all the Chatting going on during the day~and believe me~We did as much chatting as we did birding. Ok, speaking for myself…I chatted more than I birded.

It was a super morning of birding and socializing in the meadows

Birds seen at Allens Meadows Ebird list thanks to Kathie Brown

Canada Goose
Turkey Vulture
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Merlin
Ring-billed Gull
gull sp.
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Blackpoll Warbler
Palm Warbler (Yellow)
warbler sp.
Chipping Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Common Grackle
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Time for a Coffee Break and

Birding the parking lot 

Next stop~Schenck's Island~Wilton

More birding..

More chatting..Super People!

Birds seen at Schenck's Island~Wilton ebird list via Kathie Brown

Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
American Crow
Tufted Titmouse
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
Palm Warbler (Yellow)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dickcissel
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Red-tailed Hawk
Indigo Bunting
House Sparrow

We then did a quick stop at Sherwood Park

The wind was picking up…

Towny tromped thru the grass and muck to try and get us a view of a Seaside sparrow.

Not much luck~ a few quick pop ups.

Don’t bother looking~no bird in this photo. :)

Looking for water birds..

and finding a few…

It was a great day~The weather was perfect…the company stupendous..

Thanks Luke for showing us a few of your favorite birding areas!

Stay tuned~ Catherine Hamilton will be on BirdCallsRadio. If you havent listened to BirdCallsRadio..get on over there and check out the archives.

And..Like them on Facebook!

22 species total at Sherwood Park~ebird list thanks to Dan Huber
Canada Goose
American Black Duck
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Blue Jay
Northern Mockingbird
Palm Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Chipping Sparrow   
Field Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Brown-headed Cowbird

The Bird Bloggin Gang~

Diana Fruguglietti and Paul Ippolito~Travelling Birders

Mardi and Townsend Dickinson~Kymry ~ A look in time….

Kathie Brown ~ Kathie's Birds

Christopher Ciccone~Picus Blog

Jeff and Dawn Fine

Luke Tiller~Under Clear Skies

Catherine Hamilton~Birdspot

Cathleen Voss~BIRDINGGIRL

Cynthia Cage ~Living in Brooklyn-Longing for Maine

Daniel Huber ~Nature Observances

Cindy ~Through The Looking Glass

Vincent Mistretta~Vincent Mistretta Photography

Larry~The Brownstone Birding Blog

Other posts of our day~
 Cathleen~BirdingGirl

Cindy~Birders who Blog Tweet and Chirp
Vincent Mistretta- BWBTC Outing in Wilton, Connecticut
Dawn Fine- Birding and Chatting ~ BwBTC ~ Wilton, Connecticut
Larry- Fall Camping At Pawtuckaway & BWBT&C
Cindy- Birders Who Blog Tweet And Chirp
Dan- Lovely Little Sparrow
Cynthia Cage- Sparrows and More, Allen's Meadow with the BwBTC Gang

Birding~Second time around..BwBTC

Howdee all,

Wow..time flies when you are having fun..Jeff and I have been very  busy with family and friends here in MA.

We were lucky enough to squeeze in not one but two BwBTC outings while here…It was the weather that made our one outing into two. Despite two outings~There were a few birder friends that didn’t show up because of forecasted rain for both events. Hope to get together again next year.

I cant express enough how kind, helpful and considerate these birders are. We had a super time.

This was another day that was supposed to be a complete wash out.

Several of us braved the forecast..

Plum Island, Ma

Luckily we had no rain..

Just drizzle and fog.. Waldo stayed inside ..he forgot his rain gear..

We birded a few areas… Catching a nice warbler run..right off the main road.

We also took a few paths…

Finding a few more warbler sp.

Kathie has wearing her “Porta Potty” rain coat.

yeah..we are all a bit nuts..and a~corny~

Onto another area~Some of the birders were able to get photos of the American Bittern here..

My camera couldn’t reach.

Onto the Beach…

Kathie shows off her Porta poncho…

Gull in fog..

Birders in fog..Birders and birds in fog..see the birds ..Lots of shorebirds here..

The sky did not delight like the last post here the week before..

 

but~ the sand was screaming with purple..

Hope you enjoy..my People on purple…

Kathie on Purple..

Diana on purple..

Purple patterns..

There were plenty of shorebirds to ID

Dan and Christopher checking out some birds~

The end of the beach~Gull and Tern hang out..

Christopher surrounded by Birds..

Tern town..As we were birding..someone spotted this floating grassy raft…with Shorebirds on it..

How's that for a raft of birds?

We had a super day with~

The gang..

Kathie Brown of Kathie's Birds
Christopher and Pamela Ciccone  ~Picus Blog

Diana Fruguglietti and Paul Ippolito~Travelling Birders

Daniel Huber of  Nature Observances

Jeff and Dawn Fine

And Waldo..

 

Birds of the Day Via Dan Huber~ebird list

Species
66 species (+1 other taxa) total

Canada Goose
Gadwall
American Wigeon
American Black Duck
Mallard
Green-winged Teal
White-winged Scoter
Wild Turkey
Double-crested Cormorant
American Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Northern Harrier
Peregrine Falcon
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Hudsonian Godwit
Red Knot
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Dunlin
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher
Bonaparte's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Common Tern
Forster's Tern
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Eastern Phoebe
Blue-headed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
White-breasted Nuthatch
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Nashville Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Northern Parula
Blackpoll Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch

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